Chapter 305 [Gorgeous Challenge]
After eating, Yang Rui and Jordan went back to the hotel together, there was no other entertainment, they all needed to calm down and plan for the future. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Jordan called the Wizards management to report the situation and demanded that the management must sign Yang Rui in the summer and give him enough rights that he must not miss.
The first negotiation was unexpectedly smooth, and Yang Rui had already directly stated that as long as the wizards let him have the final say in the management, he would join. If in the end, because the manager doesn't want to be talked about, Jordan will definitely go berserk.
The young coach who is in the limelight partners with the basketball flyer, which is enough to attract fans. Jordan seems to have seen a glorious future for the Wizards, and the boss and manager are not stupid, and of course they can see the business opportunities in it.
Jordan's comeback with the Wizards is not just about playing basketball, he is trying to increase the attention and value of the Wizards. He has a verbal agreement with his boss that if he makes the Wizards stronger, he can return to management after retirement and buy the Wizards' shares as a minority shareholder.
Jordan's appetite is much more than that, he wants to be the big owner of a team, turn the Wizards into a giant, he has made outstanding contributions, and he has the capital to negotiate. He only had a 10% stake and wanted to buy 20% or more in the future, until one day the boss Abel Bolin didn't want to play anymore, so he took over.
It's a pity that Jordan's plan is destined to fail, Yang Rui's previous life, Abel Pauline didn't want Jordan to monopolize the power in the management, and kicked him out directly on the grounds that Jordan's comeback was not good for two years, and he had no shares at all. Even if there is a change in this life, Jordan will not become the big boss of the Wizards.
Yang Rui has decided to join the Wizards, which is "hell difficulty", but once successful, it is to maximize the benefits. With the gimmick of helping Jordan compete for a championship in his last years, he will become the No. 1 coach in the NBA.
There aren't many options for him in the summer, with only a handful of big city teams in the league.
Houston can't choose Yao's name, Rockets owner Alexander is recognized as a picker, and Yang Rui is not interested in bringing rockets.
The Bulls have a good lineup and can win the championship with a slight trade, but Maddie has injury concerns, and Yang Rui doesn't like Chicago either, and is too close to Steiner's parents.
Los Angeles Lakers coaches Phil Jackson and Jenny Buss are a couple, and they are ironclad, and Yang Rui can't get into it at all.
The Clippers are also in Los Angeles, with the lowest record every year, and are the worst team in the NBA. What's worse is that General Manager Elgin Baylor is a mentally handicapped person who has been a professional selector for 20 years, and to discuss the draft with "Lord Baylor" is to find anger.
As for returning to the Knicks, Yang Rui didn't dare to think about it at all.
There's Grant Hill, the highly-paid long-term "glass man" Hill, the famous neurotic Sprewell who dares to choke the coach's neck, and Ben Wallace, who shoots worse free throws than O'Neal......
The first two immortals can't trade at all, and even if they do, they have to exchange for a bunch of garbage, and no one can save the Knicks.
In contrast, joining the Wizards is the most rewarding and gorgeous challenge!
Yang Rui's only headache is the number of years of contracting, it is impossible to sign a short-term contract with his current value, there are many inconveniences in Washington, D.C., his girlfriend must often go to Los Angeles, and his friend is in Silicon Valley, often having to stay alone at home.
Yang Rui can't join the Warriors at this point in time for the convenience of life, and now the Warriors' lineup and management, whoever goes is crazy.
Jordan has a request for others, and his posture is very low, but anyone who pays attention to Jordan knows that this product is an old rascal with strange eyes, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling.
Yang Rui dared to go to the Wizards, and he was confident that he could suppress Jordan. The 40-year-old Jordan is not as unruly as he was during the Bulls, he is not an imbecile, and he will go against the coach at the end of his career, and the ending will definitely be miserable, who will not get along with himself?
Yang Rui plans to reason with Jordan first, and if it doesn't make sense, he will quarrel, and the two of them will PK behind their backs, just don't let the media see the jokes. He needs to get the support of management, put some clauses in black and white into his contract, and then he can still exercise his coaching rights, and Jordan will be thrown into the injury list if he is not satisfied.
Yang Rui is young, even if he messes up next season, he can choose the champion with the penultimate record, and he has time. Jordan doesn't have the capital to play hard, and if he doesn't make the playoffs, his image will be ruined.
Yang Rui is confident, he will not be a puppet when he reaches the wizard.
On Friday, the Rookie Challenge broke out in an upset, and 2000 deserved to be the worst rookie class, and was beaten by the first-year rookies. Lost 97-113.
D'Antoni and Thibodeau arranged a run-and-gun strategy, and Jason Richardson was powerful, shooting 12-of-18, 2-of-4 three-pointers, 3-of-3 free throws, staged six violent dunks, scored 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and won the MVP.
Jamal Tinsley also had a great performance, finishing with 16 points and 13 assists. He is a streetball player and is suitable for exhibition games, giving away many beautiful empty catches. In his rookie season, he became the starting point guard for the Spurs, averaging 9.1 points and 6.5 assists per game. Popovich is also adept at exploiting rookie potential.
The Raptors' rookies performed averagely, playing soy sauce en masse.
Something very strange happened at Saturday's challenge. In the three-point contest, the Kings' Stojakovic was evenly matched with the Cavaliers' Wesley Persson in the first two rounds, scoring more than 19 points. In the final, both of them were inaccurate, and in the end, Stojakovic won with an ultra-low score of 9-5, setting a record for the lowest championship in a three-point shooting competition.
Peja was not only the lowest-scoring champion, but also the first foreign champion in the history of the three-point contest, with a two-match record.
The 2002 Slam Dunk Contest had a good number of participants, with defending champion Desmond Mason, 2000 Slam Dunk Contest runner-up Francis, as well as rookie Game MVP Jason Richardson and Kings rookie Gerald Wallace.
The rules of this tournament have been temporarily adjusted, and the four players are divided into two groups to face off, and the winner enters the final. Surprisingly, both Mason and Francis lost to rivals Richardson and Wallace in the challenge.
In the subsequent showdown between the two rookies, Richardson came out of the limelight again, defeating Wallace with his super high bounce and one-shot dunk action, becoming the "dunk king" of this tournament.
It's a pity that Carter Zhuyu is in front, and the evaluation of this slam dunk game is still very average.
In Sunday's All-Star Game, Iverson wore the No. 6 jersey to show respect for former 76ers star "Dr. J," which was particularly eye-catching.
However, in this game, Iverson changed his normal behavior, took fewer shots, and focused more on passing, and he cooperated with Jordan very well on several occasions. Both teams did their best and defended loosely.
Halfway through the first quarter, Jordan won the ball in the front court alone and wanted to perform a fancy dunk, and people seemed to see the flyer again. But unexpectedly, Jordan's ball buckled on the hoop and bounced high, causing the audience to burst into laughter. Jordan himself couldn't help but laugh on the court, not knowing if he did it on purpose or accidentally.
In the second half, Duncan in the West began to exert his power, first shooting from the outside, then grabbing rebounds from the inside, and scored four straight points on the board to extend the lead to 21 points at the beginning of the quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the West was leading 100-77, and Bryant's personal score had reached 31 points.
The West also maintained the advantage in the final quarter, winning 135-120. Bryant shot 12-of-25 from the field and scored a game-high 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and was named the MVP of the Philadelphia All-Star Game.
Alternatively, when Kobe Bryant was announced as the All-Star MVP, Kobe was greeted not with cheers, but with boos from the audience.
Bryant admitted that the boos hurt him. "It's hurtful, I'm in high school here, and when I came here to play my first game in my rookie season, they booed me, and I thought it was another home game, it hurt too much."
No way, who let the Lakers beat the 76ers in the finals last season? The beams of the two teams were knotted.